Portable fence



(No Model.)

0. E. H. N. REICHLING PORTABLE FENCE. 65- Patented Feb. 1 4,1882

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PORTABLE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 253,765, dated February 14, 1882.

Application filed July 15,1881. (No nodcL) p To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR E. H. N. Enron- LING, of Marion, in the county of Grant and State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Portable Fence, of which the following is a specification.

The object of myinvent-ion is to provide a new and improved portable fence which can be erected or taken down very conveniently and rapidly.

The invention consists in a fence formed of a series of horizontal slats resting on transverse pins connecting two vertical boards resting on a base-plate provided with a slot or mortise, into which the end of one vertical board. passes, and with adjoining apertures, into which pins are passed to press the two vertical boards together and in the proper position on the base-plate, which is held on the ground by wooden spikes.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a longitudinal elevation of my improved portable fence. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the baseplate. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal elevation of one of the pins of the uprights. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the anchor for holding the ends of the fence together at a corner.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The base-plate A, which is preferably made square, is provided with a slot, B, into which the lower end of the upright board 0 is passed. This upright board 0 is provided with a series of apertures to receive the ends 7 of a series of transverse pins, D, which have a greater diameter in the middle than at the ends. The opposite ends of the pins D are passed into corresponding apertures in an upright board, 0 which rests on the base-plate A, but is not mortised into it. The two uprights 0 C are then pressed together by means of wedge-blocks E, the lower ends of which are driven into apertures F F in the baseplate A. As the transverse pins D have a greater thickness in the middle than at the ends, they keep the upright boards 0 O separated the proper distance, and prevent these boards from being clamped so closely together by the blocks E that the slats G cannot be passed in between them. The slats Ghave a shoulder formed at each end, which shoulders H, crossing and resting against one side of these rails, and provided at the top and bot tom with a loop or staple, J, through which a par or rod, K, is passed, resting on the opposite side of the slats. The base-plate is preferably tarred on the under side and fastened to the ground by wooden spikes passing through aperturesin the base-plate, or provided with heads catching on the edge of the baseplate; or it can rest on the ground without being held by spikes.

To form a corner an upright is formed parallel with one wing of the fence, and another upright is formed parallel with the other wing of the fence, these two uprights being in contact and fastened on the base-plate in the manner above described. An anchor, L, is passed in between the upright boards G O in such a manner that the front end, M, passes through apertures in the abutting uprights O 0*, upon which a pin, N, is passed through the outer end of the anchor, the transverse bar]? of this anchor resting against the inner edge of the uprights G 0 and thus formin g a strong corner for the fence. One or more anchors may be used, if desired.

The slats or rails of any panel can be opened at any desired time very conveniently and rapidly as soon as the board H and rod or bar K are removed, which can be accomplished easily, as none of the parts are nailed together. The uprights need not be at right angles to the base, for the latter will have to be inclined more or less on uneven ground. 1

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentr 1. In a fence, the combination, with the slotted and apertured base-board A, of the upright boards 0' G the transverse pins D, and the wedge-blocks E, substantially as herein :hown and described, and for the purpose set orth.

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2. In a fence, the combination, with the basethe bracing-board H, with loops or staples J J board A, provided with a slot, B, and a-perat the ends, and of the rod or bar K, snbstan- IO tures F, of the upright boards 0 G the transtially as herein shown and described, and for verse pins D, the wedge-blocks E, and the slats the purpose set forth. 1

5 G,substantiallyasherein shown enddeseribed, OSCAR E. H. N REIOHLING.

and for the purpose set forth. Witnesses:

3. In a fence, the combination, with the up- CHRISTIAN A. GIESELER, rights 0' 0 and the base A, of the slats G G, CONRAD BUNNKA. 

